A Cape Coral man and his girlfriend were arrested Wednesday after they broke into his family member’s home in Deltona and pistol-whipped his sister last weekend, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies said Steven Prewitt, 46, and his girlfriend Dawn Robey, 46, broke into Prewitt’s family’s home Sunday afternoon and stole a handgun and iPhone.

Prewitt’s sister told police her brother struck her multiple times with a pistol and tried to choke her. She said Prewitt pointed a shotgun at her and chased her out of the house, sheriff’s office spokesman Andrew Gant said.

The sister was treated for injuries and bruises, Gant said.

The couple fled the scene and was wanted on charges of armed burglary with battery, grand theft of a firearm and false imprisonment.

They were arrested by Cape Coral police Wednesday at Robey’s home in Cape Coral, Gant said.

The Orlando Police Department is asking local legislators for $250,000 to purchase the ANDE 6C Rapid DNA System, an instant DNA-testing technology that allows law enforcement to test and compare evidence in-house in less than two hours, without shipping it to a state lab.

The Orlando Police Department is asking local legislators for $250,000 to purchase the ANDE 6C Rapid DNA System, an instant DNA-testing technology that allows law enforcement to test and compare evidence in-house in less than two hours, without shipping it to a state lab.

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The Orlando Police Department is asking local legislators for $250,000 to purchase the ANDE 6C Rapid DNA System, an instant DNA-testing technology that allows law enforcement to test and compare evidence in-house in less than two hours, without shipping it to a state lab.

The Orlando Police Department is asking local legislators for $250,000 to purchase the ANDE 6C Rapid DNA System, an instant DNA-testing technology that allows law enforcement to test and compare evidence in-house in less than two hours, without shipping it to a state lab.

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An Orlando woman stabbed her 11-year-old daughter more than a dozen times Sunday because the girl smiled “different,” causing her mother to think her child was having sex, authorities said.

An Orlando woman stabbed her 11-year-old daughter more than a dozen times Sunday because the girl smiled “different,” causing her mother to think her child was having sex, authorities said.

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Two Orlando-area massage parlors and women are among the dozens implicated in a six-month statewide investigation into human trafficking, prostitution and racketeering.

Two Orlando-area massage parlors and women are among the dozens implicated in a six-month statewide investigation into human trafficking, prostitution and racketeering.

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An engineering student at UCF was arrested after police discovered he was keeping a fully-automatic AR-15 in his car at his on-campus apartment, authorities said.

An engineering student at UCF was arrested after police discovered he was keeping a fully-automatic AR-15 in his car at his on-campus apartment, authorities said.

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A Chuluota man killed his parents and brother after he was kicked out of his home and accused of stealing more than $200,000 from his family to send to a woman he had met on a porn website, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A Chuluota man killed his parents and brother after he was kicked out of his home and accused of stealing more than $200,000 from his family to send to a woman he had met on a porn website, according to the Sheriff’s Office.